October 15, 2004
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1. What is something that you used to believe, but are glad you don’t believe anymore?
Well, the first thing that popped into my mind, shallow as it may seem, is that when I was a flower child in the Haight-Ashbury I kind of believed in things like astrology, the I Ching, tarot, etc. in the sense that I actually allowed life decisions to be based on them. Today I just think of those things as creative, charming, childlike coping mechanisms.
2. Is there something you wish you still believed? What?
I wish I still believed that if you are good to the world it will be good to you. Or if you give love, you will automatically receive it back. It sounds good, and it should be right – but it isn’t. Only thing you can count on getting back is peace of mind, only person you can count on is you.
3. What experience or person taught you the most about life?
My parents, who stuck together for 50+ years, who raged against the machine, who cared about peace, who paid their bills, who read books, and stood by me unconditionally through all my craziness.
4. What area of life would you like to know or understand more about?
Friendship. I can think of a million reasons why someone doesn’t qualify to be my intimate friend. I need to narrow it to 1000.
5. What is your most valuable lesson about life so far?
Slow down and be of use to the earth and your fellow creatures.
Deep Thought: If I come back as an animal in my next lifetime, I hope it’s some type of parasite, because this is the part where I take it easy!
Today I am grateful for: Giftwrap
Guess the Movie: “Gort! Klaatu barada nikto! ” Answer: The Day the Earth Stood Still, 1957.
Winner: merrow_mistral
Polls Today: Kerry 228/Bush 284. EVP: “
Survey USA ran polls in 14 states and 21 cities to see who won the third debate. Kerry won in NY, NJ, ME, CA, OR,WA, IL, AR, PA, and CO. Bush won in TX, KY, and OK. Florida, as usual, was a tie. Among cities, Kerry won in 8 and Bush won in 12. When we look at cities in swing states, the mix is Kerry won St. Louis, Detroit, Las Vegas, Tucson, and Cleveland. Bush won Phoenix, Cincinnati, Des Moines, and Grand Rapids. When broken down by party, in all 35 areas, the Democrats thought Kerry won and the Republicans thought Bush won.
End of Day 8:41 pm
+ = Bill O’Reilly is finally getting a little of his own medicine.
- = Gloom has descended over PDX and we’re headed into at least a week of falling water.
Comments (10)
Good morning! The movie of the day is one of my favorite sci-fi: The Day the Earth Stood Still. What Michael Rene (Klaatu) taught to Patricia Neal on how to stop the robot Gort from destroyingthe earth.
Those are hard earned Friday Five.
You got it!
I wish I still believed that goodness was returned when given. Good karma doesn’t always come around often enough!
Thanks for subscribing! That’s a great lesson to have learned from life, more people would do well to think like that.
Is there a reason why Kerry is falling behind in the polls? I don’t get where the switch happened..
cool top 5…
These challenged me, deeply, so it’s taken much of the day:
(1) I grew up believing deeply in mortal sin. I can’t say I completely have lost that, but I surely have learned that it must be more complex than I was led to believe by the Baltimore Catechism. That has let me forgive others and myself in ways I’ve needed to.
(2) I still believe in childhood dreams and limitless possibilities. I still believe in the miracle of communion. I used to believe in the myth of continuous human progress though, and I wish I hadn’t lost that.
(3) My father who wrestled with his demons his whole life and did the best he could. My mother who has always known how to survive and help in whatever ways she could.
(4) I wish I knew how to speak many languages, so I could understand more of this planet.
(5) The sun keeps coming up. Don’t worry about endless night.
I am going to think about my answers later to the those 5. I was, however, fascinated by your answers. Honesty is a strong asset of yours. Liked thenarrator’s answers as well. These are TOUGH questions.
Is the movie Return of the Jedi?
Re #2 – I agree. I, too, used to believe that if only I was kind enough to people, they would, eventually, be kind in return. It was difficult to learn that not only did that not happen, people would take advantage of that attitude. So, for a while I could have been quite the opposite; but it just isn’t my nature. What I have learned, however, is to be aware of the probability of that, and to be aware is at least some protection.
Yeah, I hear we are going to have a bunch of rain. I’ll have to spend extra time at the barn to make sure the pony won’t get bored standing in the stall all day.
Thanks for the info on the poll thing. I was wondered what the deal was.